GLEN DALE — Marshall County Board of Education members received an update Tuesday regarding the ongoing effort to monitor and improve special education across the school district. This comes on the heels of the recent arrest of a McNinch Primary School teacher who allegedly strangled an ...
While new filings were fewer for Northern Panhandle candidates on Tuesday, a pair of incumbents made official that they were running for their state seats again. According to the West Virginia Secretary of State website, both Del. Jeff Stephens, R-Marshall, and Del. Charles Sheedy, R-Marshall, filed to run for reelection Tuesday. Stephens is running in District 6, while Sheedy is running in District 7. Stephens is running for his second term, having joined the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2024. Sheedy is running for his third term. He joined the House of Delegates in 2022 ...
A filter failure at the City of St. Clairsville’s water treatment plant in mid-December led to a significant spike in turbidity in the water there, but the water the residents see coming from their faucets was unharmed, according to the city’s public service and safety director. St. Clairsville Public Service and Safety Director Scott Harvey said Tuesday that fast action from staff at the treatment plant kept that turbid water from getting to the public. Workers had already switched over to the city’s backup system of Belmont County water before it had the chance. “The ...
The City of Wheeling’s Department of Economic and Community Development is inviting public service agencies to apply for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. Completed applications must be submitted no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30. According to Economic and Community Development Director Nancy Prager, proposed projects must address at least one of the CDBG program’s three national objectives: providing a direct benefit to low- and moderate-income individuals, assisting with the prevention or elimination of slum or blight or responding to an urgent community ...
STEUBENVILLE — Plans to interview the two finalists for Steubenville’s soon-to-be-vacated city manager’s position were derailed Monday when they took themselves out of the running. Emerging from a nearly hour-long closed-door meeting, council announced the city manager search will resume immediately — but this time, the emphasis will be on attracting quality candidates “in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.” They’ll also advertise the position through the International City Manager’s Association, “but we’re going to check and see if they can do it regionally, ...
In about three months, City of Moundsville employees and residents are expected to have a new municipal building to move into and start using. City Manager Rick Healy said the new municipal building is anticipated to be ready to move into in March. “The current building will then be ...
